The Alpine Club, the world’s first mountaineering club, was founded in 1857. For over 150 years, members have been at the leading edge of worldwide mountaineering development and exploration.
With membership, experienced and aspiring alpinists benefit from a varied meets programme, regional lectures with notable guest speakers, reduced rates at many alpine huts, opportunity to apply for grants to support expeditions, significant discounts at many UK retailers, extensive networking contacts, access to the AC Library and maps - and more!
Becoming a MemberSymposia
Below is a list of Alpine Club Symposia.
Organised by members of The Alpine Club, events focus on the mountains of a particular area, or on a specific aspect of mountaineering. Each symposium runs for a whole day and is typically held at a weekend in the Lake District, North Wales or the Peak District. During the day experts on the subject, including top mountaineers from around the world, give a series of illustrated presentations, creating an event that is both informative and inspiring. Take a look at the impressive list of speakers at recent and forthcoming symposia to see why these events are so popular. The symposia are usually open to members at a discount, as well as non-members.
Symposia are particularly useful for anyone planning an expedition or looking for new places to visit. Many expeditions have started in the bar after a symposium; but be warned: these events can be dangerously inspirational!
Events Calendar
Hugh is the youngest son of renowned Everest pioneer and military leader E.F (Teddy) Norton. Hugh lives in Bristol and his biography of his father, published in May 2017, reveals Teddy’s remarkable life as a mountaineer, soldier, naturalist and artist. Enlisting as a soldier during the declining years of the British Empire, Teddy’s gift for leadership saw him rapidly move through the ranks in the First World War, which paved the way for future leadership roles. Notably, when General Charles Bruce was struck down with malaria on the approach march of the 1924 Everest expedition, Teddy led from the front, setting an altitude record for climbing Everest without supplementary oxygen – a record only bettered when Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler made the first ascent of Everest without oxygen in 1978. Yet tragedy would follow his achievement when George Mallory and Andrew Irvine disappeared high on the mountain.
Upper Room of Nova Scotia, Cumberland Basin, Hotwells
Bristol
BS1 6XJ
UK
